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Sometimes, reluctance to get up and speak is deep. Let's go there.
This one is going to cut close to the bone, here. We know that public speaking is difficult for many (almost everyone). We know that the difficulty usually lies in fear, and those fears sometimes resemble things like: I’m afraid that I’ll look stupid. I’m afraid that my voice will shake and I won’t be seen as confident. I’m afraid that I’ll sound like a robot when I’m reading my speech.
Solvitur Ambulando
This is my new mantra. Well, I guess it's my old mantra, but evidently there is a name for it. #SolviturAmbulando is latin for "it is solved by walking". ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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A friend who knows my love of walking, alerted me to an article in Quartzy about the power of walking and a walking journal that Bonnie Smith Whitehouse has created. Obviously, I am the target market.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Why Vocal Work is Important
My main goal in teaching public speaking is to help you feel confident in your delivery, to eliminate barriers between your message and the audience's ability to receive your message and to give you tools to keep your machine in good running order so that you can continue to deliver your important message. If you lose your voice because you've been unnecessarily straining it, no fabulous PowerPoint presentation complete with videos and music is going to save you.
Mental Health and Speaking in Public
Today is #BellLetsTalk day. January 25. A day when Bell Canada will donate 5 cents to every retweet they receive of their original tweet. Or, for every tweet using the #BellLetsTalk hashtag. Possibly capping their donation at a number. Or... it's hard to know. They don't actually advertise those pieces. And they've potentially fired somebody specifically for sharing her mental health issues. So, y'know. Big corporation. Big reach. Potentially shady undertones. Not surprising.
But let's, instead, actually talk about mental health. Which is what the campaign claims they are trying to do. We'll take them at their word.
It’s Allergy Season!
As somebody who suffered from substantial allergies in my childhood, I've been surprised to be waking up with a scratchy voice and itchy eyes over the past week. My allergies magically disappeared (along with my asthma) in my early 20s, but now I'm suspicious that I've inherited my Mom's ragweed reaction.